Gye, Frederick, the younger (1810–1878), businessman and opera manager, was born on 18 January 1810, in London, where he was baptized at St Benet Gracechurch on 31 March 1811, at Finchley, Middlesex, the son of Frederick Gye the elder and his wife Sarah Pead ...
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Ingrams, Leonard Victor (1941–2005), banker and opera impresario, was born on 1 September 1941 at Stoneycrest Nursing Home, Hindhead, Surrey, the fourth and youngest son of Leonard St Clair Ingrams (1900–1953), banker, and his second wife, Victoria Susan Beatrice, née Reid (1908–1997). His father served in the ...
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McLaren, Malcolm Robert Andrew (1946–2010), music and fashion industry entrepreneur, was born at 47 Carysfort Road, Stoke Newington, London, on 22 January 1946, the younger son of Peter James Philip McLaren (1919–1999), a mechanic of Scottish descent who had served as a sapper in the ...
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Waechter, Sir Max Leonard (1827–1924), merchant, philanthropist, and promoter of European federation, was born in Stettin, Pommerania, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia, on 29 July 1837, the son of Julius Leonhardt Waechter, a merchant, and his wife, Laura Emilie, née Kamold...
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Williams, Allan Richard (1930–2016), entrepreneur and music promoter, was born on 21 February 1930 at 254 Knowsley Road, Bootle, Liverpool, into a Welsh family, the son of Richard Edward (Dick) Williams (1902–1988), joiner and later building inspector, and his wife, Annie, ...
